Varsity football head coach Donald Herman will lead his final season this fall, but before that he has an award to pick up.

For the more than 60 students in the newly revived Portuguese program at the regional high school, falar portugues (speaking Portuguese) is becoming easier. Portuguese joins French, Spanish and German as languages offered by the high school. But German, the program with the lowest enrollment, is being phased out.

Students at Island schools walked into classrooms and took their seats in front of computers this week to begin taking the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).

The RULER approach is the topic of the March meeting of the Island Parents Advisory Council on Special Education at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, at the YMCA.

Talented students take center stage at the Oak Bluffs School this weekend for its 17th annual talent show. A live house band of professional musicians accompanies the young artists.